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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8118065 | Sailcloth with high 1% warp and high warp efficiency and method of making same A woven sailcloth comprising warp yarns and fill yarns and having one or more of (i) a 1% warp of at least about 125 and/or a warp efficiency of at least about 17, (ii) a plain weave in which the ratio of fill yarn count to warp yarn count is about 1.1:1 to about 1.... | 02/21/2012 |
| 7886777 | Sailcloth As an example of a specific fabric, the fabric would comprise 52 yarns per inch of 350 denier polyester in the warp and 132 yarns per inch of 150 denier in the fill. Using the above density calculation, this would result in a cloth having a warp density of 973 and a... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7849888 | Surface functional electro-textile with functionality modulation capability, methods for making the same, and applications incorporating the same A surface functional electro-textile fabric incorporates energy-active, electrically conductive or optically conductive fibers and nonconductive fibers in a woven or knitted textile fabric. The weave or knit pattern is selected so as to form floats of the electrical... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7347229 | Tubular fabric and method of making the same A tubular fabric receives an underwire in a garment such as a bra. The tubular fabric is formed by arranging a fusible yarn, such as Grilon®, and melting said yarn to form a barrier, which exhibits excellent resistance to penetration by underwires. Preferably the f... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7337810 | Elastic fabric with sinusoidally disposed wires A fabric for use with a system for monitoring prescribed body functions comprising an elastic fabric, adapted to be carried by a torso, which is stretchable in its longitudinal direction so as to expand and contract in response to body movement and size. The carrier... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331363 | Textile weave of inelastic and elastic fiber forming an elastic weave with one or more rigid loops Procedure consisting of the of textile weaving of inelastic and elastic fiber forming an elastic weave with one or more rigid loops. Field of application: clothing, footwear, headgear, haberdashery, costume jewelry, items for personal use, travel items, cases, leath... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7318458 | Cloth designed to be provided with at least one permanent fold and method applied thereby Cloth designed to be provided with at least one permanent fold, wherein at least one shrink thread is woven in said cloth. The shrink thread or shrink threads are woven in the cloth according to a general direction extending crosswise over the fold line. ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7299828 | Stretch woven fabrics including polyester bicomponent filaments Stretch woven fabrics including plain, twill and satin constructions are disclosed. The fabrics include weft yarns and warp yarns. Polyester bicomponent continuous filaments including poly(ethylene terephthalate) and poly(trimethylene terephthalate) having an after-... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7264023 | Weaved article or garment and method of making weaved article or garment A brand new and unexpected textured fabric or textile that can be used to provide articles of clothing (for humans and/or animals), wall hangings, home decorating articles, headwear, footwear, etc. The method transforms one dimensional fabric or textile into three d... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7259113 | Woven scrim material The present invention is directed to a scrim comprised of a plurality of warp and weft tapes, and more specifically to a woven scrim comprised of warp tapes and weft tapes, wherein the warp tapes are positioned in first and second planes to increase the warp coverag... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7247585 | Reinforced nonwoven fire blocking fabric having ridges and grooves and articles fire blocked therewith This invention relates to a thin reinforced nonwoven fabric having ridges and grooves for fire blocking an article and articles containing such fabrics. When exposed to heat or flame, the fabric is capable of increasing to a thickness that is at least 1.5 times its ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7229937 | Reinforced nonwoven fire blocking fabric, method for making such fabric, and articles fire blocked therewith This invention relates to a thin reinforced nonwoven fabric for fire blocking an article, articles containing such fabrics, and methods for making the fabrics and fire blocking the articles. When exposed to heat or flame, the fabric is capable of increasing its thic... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226877 | Liquid water impermeable reinforced nonwoven fire blocking fabric, method for making such fabric, and articles fire blocked therewith This invention relates to a thin reinforced nonwoven fabric comprising a liquid impervious polymeric layer, a compressed web of crimped fiber, a binder, and a reinforcing scrim. The fabric bulks when exposed to heat or flame and is useful as a component for fire blo... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7191803 | Elastic fabric with sinusoidally disposed wires A fabric for use with a system for monitoring prescribed body functions comprising an elastic fabric, adapted to be carried by a torso, which is stretchable in its longitudinal direction so as to expand and contract in response to body movement and size. The carrier... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7188642 | Low-friction pull tape A pull tape for facilitating positioning of elongated items within a protective sleeve is disclosed. The pull tape is woven of filamentary members preferably using a twill or satin weave that allows floats to form on the surface of the tape that reduce friction betw... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7178559 | Webbing belt Belts and methods of their manufacturing are provided. In one aspect, belts are manufactured by the steps of weaving the belt from a plurality of warp yarns and at least one weft yarn, the belt having a central region and two opposed edges. The warp yarns in the cen... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7165586 | Pneumatic tire with blended composite fiber cords Disclosed is a tire having at least one reinforcing ply in the carcass, belt, or bead region of the tire. The reinforcing ply is comprised of a blended fiber cord. The cords, in combination with a preferred cure temperature adhesive, achieve a high degree of thermal... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7143790 | Warp-stretch woven fabrics comprising polyester bicomponent filaments Warp stretch woven fabrics including plain, twill and satin constructions are disclosed. The fabrics include weft yarns and warp yarns. About 15 weight percent to about 55 weight percent of the warp yarns are polyester bicomponent continuous filaments comprising pol... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7137416 | Method for producing an optical-fibre based fabric The invention relates to a method for weaving a fabric containing, at least partly, glass-fibres as warp threads and/or weft threads, which are treated in such a way that they enable light to be diffused in a substantially perpendicular direction with respect to the... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134458 | Method of producing reinforcing fiber woven fabric and production device therefor and reinforcing fiber woven fabric A method of producing a reinforcing fiber woven fabric, for producing on a weaving machine a reinforcing fiber woven fabric from wefts of reinforcing fiber yarns and warps of reinforcing fiber yarns, the method comprising providing, on a weft supply passage for supp... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7121306 | Industrial fabric including yarn assemblies A woven industrial fabric, including a plurality of warp yarns interwoven with a plurality of weft yarns. At least a portion of one of the plurality of warp and the plurality of weft yarns includes yarn assemblies. Each yarn assembly is comprised of at least a first... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7117899 | Pile mesh fabric A pile mesh fabric includes a ground thread woven on a first surface and a pile thread woven into the ground thread. The ground includes a plurality of closely-spaced holes into forming a mesh. The pile thread of a predetermined length extends perpendicularly to the... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7115315 | Reinforced secondary backing fabric and method of using the same A reinforced secondary backing and method of using the same, in which the reinforced secondary backing includes reinforcing yarns interconnect to the secondary backing fabric. The reinforcing yarns generally extend in the longitudinal or warp direction and provide a... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7104039 | Metallic cord and pneumatic tire employing the metallic cord The present invention provides a metallic cord for reinforcing a tire moldable in a tire manufacturing step without complicating operations and keeping strength by reducing rusting and an excellent pneumatic tire employing the metallic cord. The inventive met... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7044173 | Microfiber towel with cotton base A terry fabric having increased static and dynamic absorbency includes a ground fabric having opposing first and second surfaces and woven from ground warp yarns and ground fill yarns, each of the ground warp yarns and ground fill yarns consisting of at least one ce... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7033658 | Simulated stone block and aged artist's canvas articles and method Articles comprising simulated stone block walls and artist's canvases may be formed by providing a burlap or canvas substrate, coating the substrate with a layer of gypsum wallboard finishing compound or similar plaster-like composition, and folding or otherwise man... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7032626 | Tubular fabric and method of making the same The present invention relates to a tubular fabric for receiving an underwire in a garment such as a bra. The tubular fabric is formed by arranging a fusible yarn, such as Grilon®, and melting said yarn to form a barrier, which exhibits excellent resistance to penet... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7017207 | Size identification system for bed sheets and the like A size-identification system for bed sheets and the like is developed at the stage of weaving the greige fabric from which the bed sheets are made. One woven greige fabric (12) has a colored warp yarn (14′) in a selvage (20). A bed sheet (2... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7008392 | Hemostatic cleansing swab The present invention relates to a swab for treating wounds. The swab comprises a stick to one end of which is attached a wound treating element. The wound treating element has a wound cleansing element and a hemostat-containing element. A reservoir is provided for ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7008512 | Fabric with three vertically stacked wefts with twinned forming wefts A papermaker's fabric, usable in the forming section of a paper machine, has three layers of cross-machine-direction (CD) wefts. The forming layer wefts are grouped into pairs. This twinning of the top-layer wefts results in non-equal spacing in the forming layer. T... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6994124 | Three dimensional waffleweave and stitching method thereof A three dimensional waffleweave includes a plurality of light coloring yarns interlaced with a plurality of dark coloring yarns to form a plurality of waffleweave units, wherein each of the waffleweave units, having an oblong shaped, defines four sidewalls and a cen... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6992029 | Woven fabric of composite material A woven fabric of composite material comprises a longitudinal thread system, a transverse thread system and a multitude of glittery threads. The transverse thread system is woven together with the longitudinal thread system in an interlaced fashion. The glittery thr... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6973769 | Method for creating markings on a planar textile body A method for creating markings on a planar textile body and a thread-like body for carrying out the method. According to the invention, the markings on a planar textile body can survive all following process steps and permits a clear marking of position on the texti... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6957777 | Label to be attached on a plastic product formed in a mold and identifiable by a detecting device A label to be attached on a plastic product formed in a mold and identifiable by a detecting device includes a soft circuit board, a protective layer and an adhesive layer. The soft circuit board has its outer surface provided with a radio frequency identifiable dev... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6955493 | Flexibind books A system for binding books includes a flexible binding material in the form of a stud having top and bottom caps. The stud is inserted into signature staples that protrude from the body of the signature to form stud holes. The binding material can be any material th... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6955193 | Fire resistant textile material A fire resistant material comprising a woven faced fabric composed or fibers from meta-aramid, polyamideimide and mixtures thereof, the woven back fabric of low thermal shrinkage fibers selected from para-aramid, polyparaphenylene terephthalamide copolymer and mixtu... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6945026 | Fibre yarn and rope production An unspun yarn including a longitudinal main rope body formed from a least one fibre assembly of substantially untwisted and parallel fibres, and a least one reinforcing thread helically wound around the rope body and extending therealong in a single longitudinal di... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6932120 | Method for producing airbags A method for producing woven airbags, especially at least partially multi-layered airbags, includes the following steps: the warp threads are prepared in a warping room, warp threads which are suitable as marker threads for machine-readable markings being already pl... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6892767 | Uncoated air bag fabric A compact, economical air bag fabric of low air permeability and light mass is realized by a thermoplastic fiber fabric having a distribution of pores formed by the fibers constructing the fabric, that is, the pore distribution of 2.0 or smaller and air permeability... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6866068 | Method for producing woven fabrics A method for producing woven fabrics, especially airbag woven fabrics, while using a multiphase weaving machine in the following steps: weaving a fabric comprised of filament threads in warp and weft on the multiphase weaving machine, whereby a high shrinking type o... | 03/15/2005 |
